1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-3081-2

USN-3081-2: Tomcat vulnerability

Publication date

27 October 2020

Overview

The system could be made to run programs as an administrator.

Releases

Packages

Details

Dawid Golunski discovered that the Tomcat init script incorrectly handled
creating log files. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
obtain root privileges.

Dawid Golunski discovered that the Tomcat init script incorrectly handled
creating log files. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
obtain root privileges.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
16.04 xenial libservlet2.5-java –  6.0.45+dfsg-1ubuntu0.2

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